Think carefully before you vote March 2
Responding to Joy Law's solution that Measure G be replaced by a
Guest View: Defending the indefensible in Scagliotti case
Why did the San Benito County Board of Supervisors spend more than $585,000 of taxpayers’ money defending what boils down to ex-Supervisor Richard Scagliotti’s personal ethical misconduct? For the most part ethics violations are the individual responsibility of the office holder, especially when it involves personal finances. A supervisor with a hidden direct financial interest coming before the board almost always knows where his or her bread is buttered.
Letter: Horrified by consultant’s role
I was horrified to read the grim news that our public officials, AKA public servants, hired consultants to “polish their image.” This revelation affected me as if I drove by an accident and noticed the red ooze from the door frame and the crunched metal of the vehicle. With this shameful printed disclosure the red ooze becomes precious taxpayer funds dripping on the wreck of our democracy. This special hiring could be misinterpreted as a cover-up for misdeeds or neglect.
Stuck in a polarized, sterile debate about crime
The case of Robert Sandifer, the 11-year-old suspect in the




